Guidance in brief: Prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs - 2023 update
It is available in all EU/EEA languages and provides an overview of the 2023 guidance developed by ECDC and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). The full guidance aims to support policy-makers and public health/social programme planners by strengthening the evidence base for developing national strategies, policies, and programmes for preventing and controlling infections and infectious diseases among people who inject drugs.
Guidance in brief: Prevention and control of infectious diseases among people who inject drugs
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This document is an update of the joint guidance that was published in 2011 by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).
Guidance on prevention and control of infectious diseases among PWID
English (1.05 MB - PDF)Models of good practice
The purpose of this collection is to identify practice-based evidence for interventions with a documented impact implemented in real-life settings.
Models of good practice for community-based testing, linkage to care and adherence to treatment for hepatitis B and C, HIV, and tuberculosis and for health promotion interventions to prevent infections among people who inject drugs
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